An organism that obtains energy from feeding on another organism

consumers that only eat plants

consumers that only eat animals

consumers that eat both plants and animals

a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms, example catfish and vultures

break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy

consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web